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February 20, 2025
The new head of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking the American people to help him address potentially illegal social media censorship.
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, newly empowered by the Trump administration, is requesting reports on…
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February 21, 2025
DOGE employees working under X owner Elon Musk are now reportedly listed as staff at a federal agency infamous for its censorship efforts.
Two technologists for the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) were reassigned…
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February 21, 2025
X owner Elon Musk is looking to overhaul the platform’s Community Notes fact-checking, which is good news for free speech advocates.
X’s Community Notes function as a form of ubiquitous censorship on the platform, as the crowdsourced fact-checking…
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February 25, 2025
Meta’s “independent” Oversight Board is reportedly in turmoil over the company’s new free speech overhaul.
Financial Times reported on Feb. 21 that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his platforms would have a revamped fact-checking…
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February 25, 2025
A legacy media outlet op-ed is highlighting the good news: “A speech-regulation industry that was booming under Biden has gone bust under Trump,” as free speech advocate and attorney Jonathan Turley put it.
Under the Biden administration, “…
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February 26, 2025
Free speech advocates can rejoice following an initial ruling from a lawsuit on Brazil’s online speech crackdown.
Rumble announced in a Tuesday press release that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida had rejected Brazilian…
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February 25, 2025
It appears that the Donald Trump administration is ready to fight with the European Union and the UK over the fate of online speech.
Trump signed a memorandum Feb. 21 titled “Defending American Companies and Innovators from Overseas Extortion and…
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February 27, 2025
The co-founder of Wikipedia, also one of its most vocal critics, has asked a new government task force to investigate potential federal government ties to the online encyclopedia.
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger tagged Elon Musk, X owner and head…
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March 3, 2025
A new state bill could lead to a spike in censorship from artificial intelligence.
New York bill A222A, introduced Jan. 8 by Assemblyman Clyde Vanel (D), relates to assigning “liability for false information” which results in harm stemming from the…
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March 5, 2025
Democratic lawmakers didn’t stand up for much during President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress yesterday. Trump’s touting of the restoration of free speech was no exception.
Trump addressed a joint session of Congress…
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